Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer is the only magazine in the UK that’s fully dedicated to the halcyon days of classic gaming. If you’ve ever fondly blasted away at the Bydo Empire in R-Type, swung Bowser by the tail in Super Mario 64, or navigated all 20 levels of Matthew Smith’s Manic Miner, then this is the magazine for you. Created by a dedicated team of experts, Retro Gamer’s mission is to deliver constantly engaging and passionately written articles that cover a wide range of subjects. We offer our readership in-depth looks at classic games and franchises, behind-the-scenes glimpses of the software houses from yesteryear, and one-on-one exclusive interviews with industry veterans such as Archer Maclean and Hideo Kojima. Stylish, entertaining and beautifully presented, Retro Gamer is the ultimate guide to videogaming’s rich and diverse history.

THE RETROBATES • WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE WIPEOUT GAME?

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RETURN OF THE DEAD • We speak to the team that revived The House Of The Dead

EVERCADE INDIE LOVE

SCREENS OF RAGE

Lunchtime

Pure and simple

Neil Thomas • The popular YouTuber branches out into the exhibition business with The Cave

THE LATEST NEWS FROM AUGUST 2005

NEWS AUGUST 2005

CHARTS • AUGUST 2005

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Dig Dug II • THAT SINKING FEELING

THE EVOLUTION OF wipeout • AFTER MAKING GAMING HIP IN THE MID-NINETIES, THE FUTURISTIC PSYGNOSIS RACER WIPEOUT WENT ON TO INSPIRE A LONG LINE OF POPULAR FOLLOW-UPS. KEY CREATIVES, INCLUDING NICKY PLACE, ROB FRANCIS AND KARL JONES EXPLAIN HOW THE LONG-RUNNING SERIES KEPT ITS COOL

STAGES OF EVOLUTION: EPIC ENHANCEMENTS • FROM E-PAKS AND STEALTH TO CONTROL JAMMERS

STAGES OF EVOLUTION: AWESOME ARMAMENTS • SHOCK WAVES, ENERGY DRAINS AND REPULSORS

STAGES OF EVOLUTION: TREACHEROUS TRACKS • THE WIPEOUT COURSES TO WATCH OUT FOR

STAGES OF EVOLUTION: COOL CRAFT • THE PROS AND CONS OF WIPEOUT’S VARIOUS ANTI-GRAV SHIPS

WIPEOUT COURSE GUIDE: SILVERSTREAM • HOW TO WIN ON WIPEOUT’S CHALLENGING GREENLAND TRACK

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Hardware Heaven Super Cassette Vision

The Adventures of MAJOR HAVOC THE PROMISED END • ATARI’S VECTOR ARCADE GEM MAJOR HAVOC HAS REMAINED INCOMPLETE FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES. HOWEVER, THE GAME’S CREATOR, OWEN RUBIN, AND A GROUP OF PASSIONATE FANS HAVE JOINED FORCES TO CREATE THE ULTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, THE PROMISED END

SPEAK TO ME • ADDING NEW SPEECH TO AN OLD GAME

STORM THE STAR CASTLE • BRINGING BACK THE ULTIMATE SPACE WAVE

MAZE MASTER • ENJOY THEIR MAZES OR MAKE YOUR OWN

Rescue Mission • EYES IN THE SKY

ULTIMATE GUIDE DONKEY KONG 3 • NINTENDO HAS CREATED MANY MEMORABLE VIDEOGAME HEROES: MARIO, LUIGI, LINK… STANLEY THE BUGMAN? JOIN US AS WE DISCOVER HOW THE POOR PEST CONTROLLER OUSTED MARIO FROM THE THIRD DONKEY KONG ARCADE GAME – AND NEVER WORKED IN THIS TOWN AGAIN

CONVERSION CAPERS • IT WAS SLIM PICKINGS FOR DK’S THIRD OUTING

WONKY KONG • DONKEY KONG DOES LIKE TO MIX IT UP…

THE KING OF KONG 3 • MEET DONKEY KONG 3’S GREATEST PLAYER GEORGE RILEY

KONG MASTERKLASS • TIPS TO HELP YOU TOPPLE DK

Bucky O’Hare

THE MAKING OF PROFESSIONAL SKI SIMULATOR • CRASH MAGAZINE SAID, “THIS SIMULATION IS SO GOOD, IT’S JUST LIKE BEING ON THE SLOPES.” IF THAT’S THE CASE, SKIING MUST BE A FRUSTRATING JAUNT WHERE YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME ON YOUR BACKSIDE OR SPINNING AROUND AIMLESSLY BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE CHALLENGING GAME!

CONVERSION CAPERS • ON WHICH SYSTEM DID IT REACH ITS PEAK?

SIMULATE THIS • CODEMASTERS HAD A COOL SELECTION OF SIMS

TurboVision

THE MAKING OF KRULL • ON A PLANET OUTSIDE KNOWN TIME...